CEFR level B1.

Language requirements

Language functions

- Talking about the future — informing and predicting

- Expressing preferences

- Talking about events in the indefinite and recent past

- Giving reasons

- Stating the duration of events

- Quantifying

Grammar

- Present perfect tense including use with for, since, ever, never, just

- Connecting clauses using because

- Will referring to the future for informing and predicting

- Adjectives and adverbials of quantity, eg a lot (of), not very much, many

- Expressions of preference, eg I prefer, I’d rather

CEFR level B1.2

Language requirements

Language functions

- Expressing and requesting opinions and impressions

- Expressing intention and purpose

- Expressing obligation and necessity

- Expressing certainty and uncertainty

- Describing past actions over a period of time

Grammar

- Zero and first conditionals, using if and when

- Present continuous tense for future use

- Past continuous tense

- Modals connected to the functions listed above, eg must, need to, might, don’t have to

- Infinitive of purpose